A review by kbuchanan
The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardam

4.0

Jane Gardam's delicate but sharp prose continues to enthrall in this epistolary novel that takes place inside the mind of one woman. Determining just what is true and what is false in our narrator's disjointed experience of the world may be less important here than entering fully the feel of how her life is lived and how personal relationships, even robust, important ones, ebb and flow as life progresses. Time changes, heals, distorts, and wounds in this novel as we proceed toward a conclusion executed as only Gardam can. Deeply cerebral, often funny, and ultimately deeply human.